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| Abu Hamza found guilty of terror charges in US court | Abu Hamza found guilty of terror charges in US court |
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| Radical Muslim cleric Abu Hamza has been found guilty of supporting terrorism by an American court. | |
| He was accused of conspiring to aid organisations like al-Qaeda. | He was accused of conspiring to aid organisations like al-Qaeda. |
| Prosecutors at the court in New York said Abu Hamza - who was tried as Mustafa Kamel Mustafa - assisted the kidnappers of 16 tourists in Yemen in 1998 and attempted to build a terrorist training camp in Oregon. | |
| The 56-year-old had denied the charges. | |
| 'Trainer of terrorists' | |
| The Islamist preacher came to prominence in the UK for his fiery sermons outside Finsbury Park mosque; in one he praised the 11 September hijackers. | |
| He was extradited to the US in 2012 after having been jailed for seven years for inciting murder and race hate. | |
| In New York the jury of eight men and four women reached a unanimous guilty verdict on all 11 terror charges. | |
| Manhattan US Attorney Preet Bharara said: "The defendant stands convicted, not for what he said, but for what he did. | |
| "Abu Hamza was not just a preacher of faith, but a trainer of terrorists," Mr Bharara added. | |
| "Once again our civilian system of justice has proven itself up to the task of trying an accused terrorist and arriving at a fair and just and swift result." | |
| During the trial Abu Hamza claimed he had assisted MI5. | |
| He is due to be sentenced on 9 September where he faces a possible life imprisonment. |